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I. Rhachis bractcolata. 



CHILIOTRICHUM Cass. 



(Dict. sc. nat. IV. suppl. p. 576.) 



Chiliotrichum rosmarinifolium * {Amellus rosmarini- 

 folius Poepp. mss. Coli. 2). 



Poeppig in Chile. 



Fruliculus ramosissimus ramis adgregatis, terelibus, 

 inferne casu foliorum nodulosis, superne obsolete lomen- 

 tosis et dense foliatis, florigeris breviter ante apicem aphyl- 

 lis. Folia Rosmarini corlacea, linearia, angusla , acuta, 

 l-nervia, nervo siipra impresso, snbtus prominente et gla- 

 bro, avenia, margihe late revoluta, integerrinia , patentia, 

 supra nitida, subtus niveo-tomentosa, circiter \'^ longa, i'" 

 lata. Capitula terminalia, solitaria, erecta, disco 4'" longo. 

 Involucrum disco parum brevius, oo-phyllum, imbricatum, 

 campanulatum foliolis aridis, planis, integerrimis , adpres- 

 sis, stramineis, nervo viridi percursis, apice magis minus- 

 ve barbato-fimbrialis, ex ovalis, acuminatis, parvis, exlus 

 piloso-tomentosis in oblongo-clliptica, obtusiuscula , gla- 

 briuscula, circiter 3'" longa, ^"' lata. Bracteolae rhachi- 

 dis conicae scariosae^ conduplicatae, apice villosissimo- 

 fimbriatae, lineares, 3'" longae, acutiusculae. Pappus 1-se- 

 rialis selaceus, subintegerrimus, cor. disi brevior. Corollae 

 glabrae, albae? radii: circiter 5"' longae llngulis ellipticis, 

 acutiuscülis, co-iierviis, tubum superantibus ; disci: 2"' 

 longae, limbo cylindraceo, 5-fido, tubum aequante vel su- 

 perante, laciniis revolutis. Ovaria linearia, angulata, dense 

 punctata. ^— Chiliotrichtmi ameJloides (Cass. 1. c. Amel- 

 lus diffusus Forst. W. sp. pl. III. p. 2215. Ej. hrb. no. 

 16367. Aster magellanicus Sprg. syst. III. p. 526. Tropi- 

 dolepis diffusa Tausch in Flora XII. p. 68) foliis oblon- 

 go-obovatis; pappo cor. disci parum breviore diversus, &ed 



